I see the dark valley beside me.
Some days I ignore it completely,
but it’s always there.
I sway towards and away from the edge.
It beckons often
once in a while sucks me in like a magnificent force of gravity,
tugging at my soul,
engulfing my body,
squelching my will,
I cannot fight it…
but I do not go quietly
I do not go willingly

July 20, 2003